#Warhammer and Such
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Mine does, it's sort of for open box stuff returns with everything inside or badly dented packaging
Well bigger ones do, smaller ones tend to just say no returns or pawn off inventory to another LGS
For whatever reason the bay area doesn't have many large game stores, particularly ones that do wargaming
Just like a lot of small/medium size ones
Probably a population density thing
So, they just sell board games and paint?
Sometimes like some d&d stuff
But yeah I'd say only like 50% of places you'd call a LGS carry any significant amount of wargaming product
My LGS by the Barnes is like Gunpla, 40K, and a small section for Wizkid minatures.
Granted the stores that do wargame focus on them a fair bit so I guess it's sort of a go big or go home thing
And the other half is manga, comics, random anime girl statues, and the clearance section of old Privateer kits.
And then the other LGS in my county is a small 40K section, bits of Warlord, and a bunch of Kings of War stuff that hasn't really sold.
Oh, and they have an AP section but it's the old paints.
The old AP paints are actually still pretty good.
Might just decide to buy out whatever stock of the old AP Commando green they have.
Pretty much all the LGS in my area do MTG & Pokémon & D&D, people are rabid about Pokémon cards. Most have vintage comics under the counter. Bigger ones have 40k tables and 40k stuff.
Not doing mtg and selling over priced Warhammer 40k stuff with an actual Warhammer shop just door down the road killed a lgs here recently
I kinda get why they didn't do mtg (toxic player issues) but also
Tbh if you can't deal with someone being an asocial nerd (by kicking them out) then idk how you run a LGS
Possibly kicking all the asocial nerds out was the whole MTG local playerbase and that's why they no longer do MTG
There's a Warhammer store in my city, it doesn't seem all that popular I hardly ever see anyone in there
The best MTG LGS in the city does this, give you a few warnings but if you're going to be that guy or a creep they'll kick you out, it's also basically the only store that women go to play MTG on their own. Events are fun too.
The owners are 2 women which id be incredibly surprised if they're not married cause theyre always working together and chatting and if one of them is out they just close for the day.
Yeah, I dunno the truth of it given less than a block away is a successful lgs running mtg and other ccg card game nights every night of the week, another one within half an hour by bus, etc.
So... Suspicion? It's a bummer, but also not entirely surprising
wait what lmao
Bolter Drills does the same thing whether targeting models on an objective or not
If they are not on an objective and targeting an enemy that is on an objective, they add the bonus to ap against that specific enemy. If they themselves are on an objective, they get the bonus against any enemy.
I think it'd be cleared up if I started the second sentence with 'While this model is leading a unit that is within range of an objective marker' so let me make that change
Gotcha
While this model is leading a unit, when a model from that unit makes a ranged attack that targets a unit within range of an objective marker, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. If a unit this model is leading is within range of an objective marker, that unit instead increases the AP of ranged weapons equipped by models within that unit by 1.This read clearer?
Relentless Assault is a lil clunky
How might I unclunk lol
Honestly maybe just +6" range
Should I just go fuck it we ball and make it three quarters instead of half?
PFFFF
That was a joke but okay
Fuck it
18" Sternguard rapid fire moment
on modern 40k tables it's really not at all a game changer
the extra 3" rapid fire is though
why does he have deep strike?
I made his old termie statblock into my 1st Cap instead
But yeah this guy is meant to lead Sternguard or his Chapter's version of Intercessors
Whose rifles have rapid fire instead of heavy
his stats as a combat unit are pretty cracked but also he is expensive
He's also a combat character leading units that don't want to be in melee
I think he can be 110 and be done with it with that in mind
His shooting is quite a bit better than a captain's anyways
I mean
His entire kit is 'I am bolterporn marine' so ngl I don't get that Briar lol
Or I mean I do but like
His shooting is better than a sternguard heavy bolter
It's fine I guess
Most SM leader units are melee focused even if they lead squads that dont necessarily need it
Librarians are pretty shooty but they still have force swords that are no slouch
Just a constant for all SM characters
So +1 AP to a potential +2 ap?
In the rare chance that you shoot from one objective to another I guess?
instead, so no
If Tsons and nids get any worse then maybe agents will be good in comparison XD
can you guess what units are good in CK
It's worth noting that every army on top of that list after Aeldari has much lower play rates, like less than half the elves, and Deathwatch in particular have such a small play sample size they're basically just outliers
They're being carried on the backs of a few devoted faction specialists
While this model is leading a unit, if a model from that unit makes a ranged attack that targets a unit within range of an objective marker, or is within range of an objective marker themselves, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Seeing AdMech that high is also wild. They didn't change that much last patch lol (but also what Briar said)
@untold swallow like this?
Admech did just see some very good buffs but yeah
Deathwatch is up there because of sickos and small sample size
God that's so much fucking simpler aaaaaaaaaaaaa
also, as an AoS player, goddamn is 40k balance tight
wonder if the best tau detachment is still kroot lmao
I think this is slightly closer to the templating they use?
While this model is leading a unit, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, if that unit or the unit that is the target of the attack is within range of an objective marker, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
I swear that some unit somewhere basically had this effect but I cannot remember which one
IMO yes
but like my attitude towards that list is
A very annoying objective based army
This army will sit down and declare you will score zero primary and spend your entire game in your deployment zone
wait the genestealers are doing better than the nids??
huh
guess thats the power of owning the IG's surplus
Its the power of being a nonsense ass movmenet army
When pushed to the brink, the Tau Unleash their finest weapon.
The Kroot debate squad
The game will end with 0 kroot maximum primary and a mostly intact enemy army
That has spent the whole game trapped in deployment
finally, naked salamanders primaris lieutenant
Characters [626 pts]
- Strategist [255 pts]
-# (Hand weapon, Light armour, Dragon fire bombs, General, Sky Lantern [Iron hail guns, Dragon fire bombs + Sky Lantern bombs], Crystal of Kunlan) - Strategist [270 pts]
-# (Hand weapon, Light armour, Dragon fire bombs, Sky Lantern [Iron hail guns, Dragon fire bombs + Sky Lantern bombs], Armour of Meteoric Iron, Talisman of Protection) - Gate Keeper [101 pts]
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Core Units [524 pts]
- 8 Jade Lancers [216 pts]
-# (Hand weapons, Cathayan lances, Shields, Heavy armour, Barding, Ambushers, Jade Lancer Officer (champion) [Ring Of Jet], Standard bearer, Musician) - 14 Jade Warriors [170 pts]
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Special Units [346 pts]
- Cathayan Grand Cannon [173 pts]
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Causing problems on purpose in the old world
Those sky lantern mounts
I thought it was Huron Blackheart's pet, but that's scalier. Is it one of those dragon dogs from AoS?
Lantern moves up causes problems supported by cannon fire and nonsense ambush lancers
So kind of similar to empire as like a synergy army?
Pretty close but pieces are better
Lanterns are very good at causing problems
If that’s the Hamadraya it’s been cultivating mass
how would one go about learning old world?
Not sure hmmm
can we please get the second half of the Cities of Sigmar update at some point in the next year
My steelhelms
I thought it was a genestealer dog. It has the head ridges on its knees
A genestealer hound pack could be a cool kill team
but also I desperately need plastic Huron Blackheart
Hard read it’s Numen for emperor’s children
Oh yeah, dont' get me wrong, I love how creative Cities of Sigmar fans are
I'm getting Cathay to do Chinese City of Sigmar hahaha
I just wish James Workshop actually finished the range update
Unrelated, but it annoys me how there are some great units that could just be made into Kill Teams, but haven't for some reason
Like Fabius Bile's boys, or is there one guy named Numen?
Bill’s boys
What’re you thinking of?
do you want me to go down by faction?
I don’t need an exhaustive list I’m just curious
I'd like to see a Custodes kill team, ideally Sisters of Silence focused
Mix between prosecutors, vigilators, and witchseekers
But ideally, we'd get a new unit
For Sisters, I think a ministorum Battle Conclave refresh would be neat, though we did just get Sanctifiers
The two Mechanicus kill teams are perfect and need no changes
the Sisters of Silence kit is like 9 years old, they could definitely do a new one but re-releasing it in a KT box would work too
Sisters are getting a Celestian kill team next summer
a Catachan KT is so obvious I don't know why they haven't done that yet
Which is nice since their only one atm doesn’t have power armor
:D
are getting celestians with guns back?
No :(
I think they're all polearms and shields they have a range of stuff, basic warriors use condemnor pistols and null rods
I really like the Space Marine kill teams, but some chapter-specific ones would be neat
Yeah the Insidiadors is all melee and pistols with like 1 gunner
Grey Knight terminators, Deathwatch mixed unit, Black Templars with neophyte support, Blood Angels drop squad, and idk for Dark Angels or Wolves of Fenris
There is a deathwatch mixed unit KT though
there is?!
I doubt termies will ever be in KT though
They’re in tomb world
does the deathwatch one have bikes and jump packs?
You only get 1 gravis guy
what's the point in living
i dont think KT ever gets to the point of having bikes
its generally ground level and heroes
It would be really funny
It would be cool to see a White Dwarf release with a single Armiger/War Dog for a specialty mission
The gestalt kill team is elites slot infantry basically
But there’s some weird ones
You could make it crash through walls
There's a CSM team with jump packs releasing next year
Yeah the Raptors are gonna be exciting
waow
And generally answer the question of how a bike works in an infantry team
They’ve supposedly got a drag someone off move which kicks ass
Which is probably pretty well just not really visible on full 40k scale
Yep. when I tried making one back for KT2e, I gave them a mechanic like 40K fliers where you either have to move in a mostly-straight line or not move at all
Yee
if a shard of the nightbringer appears as a boss fight, they could definitely do the same with a war dog
I think
Outriders are too big though
Like a classic bike would have worked but outriders are hyuge
in a real kill team, just thinking out loud, a bike wouldnt actually be used in direct formation with infantry; they'd be used as fast moving scouts or harassment right?
I want to see a mixed or unaligned Daemon kill team
It's a bit like a jetpack unit mixed in and being forced to stay with the squad is a waste of its mobility
So ironically the best chance is they make an evil deathwatch kill team in csm
wat
I could see the GSC bikers working they’re little
There is no reason why Jakhals aren't a kill team
Kinda get that with Gellerpox
Though they’re quasi-nurgle
that's Nurgle-aligned
oh, like you can have 5 marines, pick between noise marines, berserkers, rubrics and zombies?
Goremongers
Jakhals are a kill team arent they
Gaunt's ghosts are basically a kill team kit before they made (that sort of) kill team kits
Like
🤦♀️
There’s no reason to include Jakhals then
Why the hell not
So just cooler jakhals
Cause their Thing is handled by Goremongers
I g uess
And they’re not gonna do it better
that's my frustration
I want to see a Daemon team that's either mixed or Chaos Undivided
They probably wouldve been jakhals
Catachan kill team not happening is so weird
But probably a case of like
Waiting to align with plans generations in the making
I'm thinking it will happen
Kind of wish we saw a return of Elysian Drop Troops, though Tempestus Aquillons are similar
Or Col. Schaeffer's Last Chancers.
I kind of want a Ynnari kill team with mixed Aeldari
Yeah I was surprised we didn’t get them especially with the rumors
I think like with raveners its a case of waiting for a mechanical niche that they can execute well
Like
The standard of quality is fairly high with the kt rules
dammit, now I really want this
I guess
The Raveners team kicks ass rules wise yeah
Or maybe a Warlock conclave kill team, that would be cool right?
I wouldn't be surprised if we got a daemonette kill team sometime soon
I think it’d probably be too similar to corsairs mechanically
true D:
I think a mixedweight eldar team would be neat
I feel like vespids are a diverted tyranid team lol
It would fill both the niche of a dedicated slaaneshi team and a daemon team
The jungle planet being a floating industrial platform instead of a jungle battlezone was funny in that it would have been perfect for Catachan otherwise
Tau getting a battlesuit kill team would be neat
Stealth suits with drones would be fun
Was in the 2e compendium IIRC
i would love a good stealthsuit kt
It was also like a bottom 2 team back then unfortunately
Maybe a crisis suit as a superheavy option like Ogryn in Ratlings
Compendium Tau weren’t bad but stealth suits got murdered on APL
I know, I was just saying it exists
i mean they did a ravener kt, they can do a stealthsuit kt
but you know what I really want?
I want them to re-release the Blackstone Fortress models for a kill team
Ratlings, Rangers, Man of Iron, Tech-Priest, the works
Oh yeah it’s probably doable
Call it Kill Team bunch of loosers
Might be kinda tricky to make it interesting but I imagine it’s possible
Since it’s just like stealth and shooting and low model count
Crisis suits might be more interesting, given AFAICT they're about as tough as Raveners
Crisis suits are probably too big for KT
Just like, physically
Some of the Vespid and Ravener sculpts already run into pranks
Albeit that would be a funny balance lever
I think a Crisis Suit would work better as a heavy on a mixedweight team
But I also like them in general
That's what I originally suggested
Crisis suit as a heavy option for a Stealth suit team
I'm also always excited for new Agents kill teams
Even then I think that might be a bit too big tbh
They're my favorite faction
I feel like stealth suits as the heavy option on a Tau mix weight team would work better
I agree with them being maybe too high on the power chart but I also meant in terms of physical scale since being more than 4” tall is a big impediment in KT
the things I want the most are Sisters of Silence and mixed Daemons
I think my big wishlist atm for KT is Catachan guard, it’d be a great way to get new sculpts for them and vetguard will classify out soon
Same here
SoS can be run in the inquisition kill team
Oh that’s true yeah
As their own thing
I forgot they’re still a part of IA
I'd love a catachan devils KT
mostly cause i think catachans are a little underserved
they could be a catachan elite melee/glass cannon melee unit or maybe an off anti armor unit in 40k
I think just new Catachan guard which aren’t from the 20th century would be nice
A daemons KT which doesn’t have fantasy brand synergy would also be cool
Like fucked up technodaemons with guns
Vashtorr-themed KT basically
the only one we have is the soul grinders right
Don’t give me hope
Those are also in fantasy
there's the maulerfiend and the venomcrawler too. But yeah, infantry-scale tech-daemons would be sick
I think it's only a matter of time before we get a vashtorr themed kill team
He's a decently popular character
Also I find it really funny how you can have a Patriarch in the brood brothers kill team
Like, why?
They’re an extremely conventional KT with access to weird and fucked up optional support people and the Pat is the ultimate in that basically
I'm just imagining now that they make a Catachan Kill Team and give you the option to have Sly Marbo lol
My biggest wishlist item is definitely also sisters of silence
My vague understanding is that the really competitive choice is the Magus but I don’t play em
Unsurprisingly for anyone who's talked to me here lol
It's also really kind of in line with Space Hulk having a patriarch and honestly, what is Space Hulk if not a proto-Kill Team.
Fingers crossed for armiger as a boss
I know it was before the July nerfs, but I don't know how it's holding up now
Have to activate carapace, legs, and each arm separately, maybe
Or a unique system based on damaging different parts of the knight
Actually I think you’re onto something
Iirc space hulk is actually the closest rules antecedent to kill team
Maybe not specifically him but there’s a lot of teams like that who can trade down models for power
I think the Catachan Kill team would be super successful if it released with parts to build both Sly Marbo and a generic sergeant. I swear if they just write him out silently like yarick I will actually be sad
I think Yarrick living to retire in relative peace and dying old is tuff as hell honestly
Most one sided rivalry in 40K it rules
I think its cool too I guess I just wish it got a little more attention
Yeah I agree
Its the eternal problem with 40k and having named characters on the table
Like on one hand I want people to always be able to play the models they bought and assembled but on the other I want the timeline to move along
More on a conceptual level than rules, since both games have a "specific units from existing armies fight on a small scale" thing going on. SH is more narrow than KT but you can see a kind of growth outwards from SH since it was so popular and filled a certain niche that is now (mostly) taken up by KT.
I'm trying to remember if crisis suits were legal for boarding action
I know termies are
They are
yeah you can have one group of any of the three crisis suit types
no broadsides though obviously
They're decently good in boarding actions iirc
Fire knives and starscythes I feel shine
I really think Crisis Suits are the perfect 40k design. I cheer both when they're doing cool Mecha things and also when they're getting torn apart by a 12' 5" man wearing a trucks worth of steel
The perfect creation for a setting like this
I agree but also I think APL and the melee rules are kinda similar in SH
Imo fireknives better
Mostly because they easily fill a gap in boarding action
That tau have
I do wish crisis were at least the same toughness as Gravis marines
Question for 40k: Are Krieg Combat Engineers any good in melee?
they are passable as far as base guard go
they have S4 base which is nice but hit on 4s and with siege regiment they have fight on death
they bash a fire warriors brains in but any actual melee unit will turn them into red mist
So basically no
Okay at killing other guardsmen but I wouldn't like intentionally charge them in unless it was to kill a couple models
they work quite well as a tarpit
Isn't a tarpit unit usually durable?
They're kinda like a speedbump
Decent speed bump still
well what your going to be using them for is probably giving yo atleast a turn before the mega death ball from hitting your valuables
Not really
Yeah that's generally referred to as like a screening unit
A tarpit is like 20 necron warriors with orikan + res orb
Big blob that you get stuck in for multiple rounds
So, okay against GEQs, terrible against MEQs, and well, half the melee units are MEQs.
if you want an actual melee unit theres bullgryns
<- Used to not having auxilia.
I'd hardly say okay even. Statistically they only kill like 1-2 geq unless you use fix bayonets
Or hell even if you do
Bullgryns are great yeah
They’re just not really a melee unit
Basically 1 step above the worst melee profiles in the game
Tarpit doesn't really need to be super durable, it just needs to stop a unit from going where it wants to for like at least one turn. Does call for a minimum amount of durability i suppose
I mean the only requirement is being able to stand in front for 1 turn
Ahhahaha
Movement happens first after all
Isn't that just screening?
A tarpit is like a different thing in my mind
A screening unit isn't necessary a tarpit unit
Yeah fair but the stop a thing from getting somewhere for 1 turn doesnt need durability
Agreed
as far as i know, the engis are a damage piece that can get stuck in as a last ditch (though i prefer them with shotties)
They're cheap dudes with some random utility and damage
Which is a very good type of unit
Need grey knights terminator vs Genestealer
for kill team players: does anyone have any insight as to why initative is a roll off each round (with rock paper scissors to start) instead of just alternating between players each round.
Stops you from making plans around knowing you’ll go first or second next round
they're gonna go down a lot soon given Host of Ascension's nerfs, GSC was very good because your standard gameplan bodies hyper-elite armies, and did fine into the extremely overscaled hyper-elite armies everybody else had to skew for
Though the 2025 Approved Ops can make it kinda deterministic
It’s mostly to stop you from making end of round plays with the certainty you go first
Also nids have been kinda bad all edition
and your standard gameplan meant 140 bodies that people didn't have the volume to deal with if they didn't wanna auto-lose to Death Guard/Knights, along with the usual 'GSC has infinite movement and will max every secondary, if you fall behind on primary you're not getting it back'
Vanguard and tunnel bugs are ridiculously good detachments, but people by and large don't really wanna play em
Nids aren't a killy army at all currently
Yeah they do have good options just like
No S12
My experience with nids is if anybody gets over crusher stampede not being a million undercosted extremely killy monsters like it used to be, and plays the tricky objective denial, tyranids are perfectly strong
i feel like when not viewed through a really comp lens, crusher stampede is still kinda fine, even if its one of the weaker nid detaches; especially post the newer tunneling one
Crusher Stampede actually is also fine but its not Kill its funny trade-ups and using clever deadly demises
Retaliation is fine
But like why do people keep trying to make it a super killy sweeper
There’s a Guytype that believes combat superiority is all wargaming is
Mental overhead and fatigue, I suspect.
Raw killing power is a lot easier to tactically pilot and make moment to moment decisions with
Today I learned that the Guy In Charge Of Warhammer Stuff at my FLGS doesn't quite understand how Leadership Tests work
Rip
Namely, he seems to believe that any failed leadership tests cause battleshock
That's quite the misconception
very different game
incidentally makes leadership test forces much stronger
also makes CSM kinda suck
It came up in relation to the Ork Taktikal Brigade, but yes.
I have been motivated to make an Aeldari Warrior Aspect for psykers to vent their warp-fueled anger
Yes
These are warlocks
Though strictly speaking it’s a special path you can only walk after spending time as an aspect warrior but you keep your aspect mask at the shrine when it’s time to go to psyker war
Eldar all being violent murderers deep down is their best bit imo
I know warlocks exist, but this Path exists specifically as a way for Seers to basically use their psyker abilities while on the Warrior Path as a sort of controlled release
while warlocks are simply seers who can elect to follow their former Aspect Warrior fellows back to the Shrine when a warhost is drawn up
And while that is dangerous, I will point out Warp Spiders are considered suicidal daredevils for doing basically the same thing but with warp-based teleporting instead of using psychic powers to blow shit up
But they exist
All the best elves from any media are those who reckon with the fact being so archetypically long-lived is gonna make you feel some deep shit
And a lot of that can be fucking murderous rage
Well Eldar feel stronger emotions than humans
Eldar are also, deep down, a genetic project to make a race of psionic warriors
they are MADE to kill
Their highest highs is like higher than any humans can conceive and they made themselves even more intense
they don't HAVE medicine, they just have latent wolverine regeneration that a special psyker helps you activate
They didn't need it either, they could reincarnate before slaanesh
"Okay, so, why isn't your aunt here again."
"Auntie Nessia has very, uh, 'strong passions'. My mother told me she joined up with an all Orcish women's fighting league."
"Wait, wait, wait. You're aunt is The Raging Dryad!?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
Old Ones are a helluva drug
okay where is this said cuz now I know what they embody if I can link that to Khaine XD
Is this some War in Heaven shit?
Yea
The Old Ones uplifted Aeldari to work along side Krorks to fight off Necrons/C'tan
Yeah
They cite their sources well in the footnotes
https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Aeldari
Aeldari, the Eldar term for their species are an ancient naturally psychic race of elf-like humanoids created as weapons by the Old Ones to win the War in Heaven[18] in the aftermath of which their Empire dominated the Galaxy through its use of the Webway,[17] but their empire has since collapsed and now they are a dying race.[16]
"The Empyreal Lions embody Khaine in his aspect as an uplifted psionic weapon, a living conduit for the devastation of the Warp."
See I am not entirerly sold on this concept but "Empyreal Lions" does fuck as a shrine name so I can't even contest it
And or baller names from history
Like how Ahriman of Thousand Sons is the name of an ancient demon
Thank you Acceptable Losses podcast for telling me how Dante's infeno influenced War-hams and other game lines.
I love how GW writers the main names are like 2-3 words but some side character that appears in 2 books are like
It is kinda nuts how the Eldar haven't gotten a new aspect warrior type in like
20 years
"You mean an escalator???"
Joke Aspect: Striking Fists of Isha.
Howling Banshees but brawlers with Eldar power fists with mini chainsword claws.
they kiiiinda got Shadow Spectres in the mid-2010s
psychic punches only
Yes
Entire aspect shrine of Gokus
Howling Banshee v. Sister of Battle wrestling match.
Also I just realized something funny
Who would win
I was planning to retcon my Ynnari farseer corsair captain as a former Empyreal Lion
going against my Space Marine Chapter
The Lions Rampant
Who, you know
Given the name
Like Lions
mfw two space lion factions fighting over a star system
"This galaxy ain't big enough for two lions."
"No it is not, Mon'keigh."
The Oficio Assasinorum sniper with a lined up double shot and one incredibly smudged up set of orders:
I'd want a stupid dangerous weapon like power claw whips.
It can power claw but the claws detached into a whip and can be retracted, Eldar could make it work
That does feel more on the Deldar side of things to me
Like that feels like a Wych weapon
Well Eldar got that monofilament gun
They have a few of 'em
Oh actually
Craftworld version of that
would be like
Walter from Helsing
I looked it up Shuriken weapons
Deldar probably wouldnt cause it would kill the target
They also have the Harlequin's Kiss
Deldar want to capture at all costs usually
Khaine is an Aeldari god, the Aeldari were the uplifted ones
"You call yourselves Lions, yes?"
"What of it, *xeno*?" the ape spat back, ignorance, hatred, and unthinking smattered across his face. It would be his undoing.
"You do know what happens when a young, upstart lion encroaches on another's territory, yes?"
"I have no time for games! Fight!" The figure loped forward, taking an ugly, clumsy swing at where the Hand-Taker stood a mere millisecond ago.
Her sword found a gap behind his knee, and it slid across the joint like the touch of a lover. The armored oaf dropped to a knee before striking out with an armored fist, having to brace against the deck with his sword like a walking cane,
"They are driven out, or killed." She whispered as she held the keen, splattered edge of her blade to his neck, "Choose, cub."```
Nah, usually killing incredibly painfully is fine
Well, teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeechnically
Well capturing lets you cause suffering long term
the Aeldari gods and the Aeldari weren't different species or anything like that, the gods were just the Aeldari at the end of their evolution
I mean now we're gonna get in a conversation of 'does Aeldari god mean wholesale Warp entity, or a "first among the uplifted" situation'
LMAO
Warp entity, theres a bit of Khaine in a craftworld
Hey I know The Elf Tropes
I cut off Rhi in traffic in my big tonka truck
these space elves are so fucking funny they make me want to merge without looking
I mean he is now but like
Isha is also somewhere in nurgle's garden
But yeah warlocks are basically seers who have also walked the path of the warrior which make them the kinda De facto psychic warrior
Isha might be dead actually
My ultimate trap card; But I Wanna /j
When did would have killed her
They kinda softly retconned Isha a while ago and then just kinda stopped mentioning her
THats just a lot of the writing
I mean yeah
Also, not insignificantly
But like, Isha might be dead or missing because of Warhammer Fantasy
Why would warhammer fantasy play into 40k?
Tbh they're still pretty good currently
Because Chaos is Chaos
Warlock conclaves do work
Like in AoS slaanesh is captured
Yes I know
But ever since they freed Isha in Fantasy they said that the woman tied up in Nurgle's workshop is a daemon completely unrelated to Isha as the last mention of it
also damn I just riffed this in two minutes and I'm really proud of it
You're a very good writer
I wish to know more about this astartes picking a fight with his elder.
I dont see why that happening in fantasy would mean that happen in 40k
It's sorta because like the Gods are linked?
What they do in 40K, it can get reflected back in fantasy. And is just an example of the multiversal fight between Order and Chaos.
Is it literally the same gods, like its the same nurgle in both settings at different times or whatever
Where is that stated
The Eldar in question is Galadwyr the Hand-Taker, Seer-Princess and Captain of the Presaged Host, an Ynnari Corsair band currently swelled in numbers thanks to her defeat of and new romantic relationship with the Archon Knar-Atvysk the Wounded
The Astartes is likely a Huntsman of the Lions Rampant, battlefield assassins who specialize in killing enemy commanders in melee combat
Think a specialized formation of Reivers, like what Dark Angels Inner Circle Companions are to normal Bladeguard Vets
lol thank you
Her archon girltoy has a wraithbone prosthetic because she threw down the gauntlet and did not expect her comparatively twiggy new commander to just
draw and throw down
and cut her fucking arm off with no hesitation
She is not-unintentionally inspired by Olivier Armstrong, though does not have the comic relief of her improbable physical strength
Oh my god
This is funny to me
I know you said she was inspired by Olly.
Does this mean there is a brother in the equation who shows off their strength?
There is not an Alex, she is an only child 😔
noooooooooooooo
Imagine the possibility of a flex-off against a firstborn
I don't know why that would happen
but it would be funny
I mean
Aeldari are gonna lose that no matter what lol
Unless Knar-Atvysk has had some weird shit done to her by Haemonculi
Crimson Hunters :^)
Oh no, I meant the hypothetical brother.
Imagine it. An elder-space wolf flex off.
Nah, that space wolf would destroy
But now I'm thinking of statuesque lady eldar.
Curse you brain!
<XD
"Literally statuesque. She did replace the hand I took with wraithbone, after all~"
"You Eldar and your courting customs confuse me. Please let me go."
l m a o
I am here all week
God now im just imagining this is a poor fucking remembrancer who in exchange for living offered to literally just
Make a statue
And be allowed to fuck off
Oh my god
"Wait, wait, wait. You mean they let you go?"
"Yes..."
"How?"
"I was forced to make a statue for an Eldar pirate as a gift to her lady-wife."
"..."
"It is as ridiculous as it sounds, Monroose."
"Was the wife alluring?"
"Can your dirty guardsman mind think straight!?"
"Nah."
Write! That! Fic!
To get back to the actual brew of the Empyreal Lions, I have realized how to give them their niche in the Eldar Psychic Blast Portfolio
They are the embodiment of Khaine's Aspect as the devastation the Warp can bring, right? And Khaine is known for his deep wells of unending rage
Hazardous profile
ohhhhhh
"WE ARE THE EMPYREAN WRATH OF HE, THE BLOODY-HANDED!"
you know what, yeaahhh
I will say generally Aeldari don't have hazardous profiles because lore about not wanting to get thier souls eaten by slaanesh
I actually can't think of a single hazardous profile
I mean I think it fits the vibe, playing off those reasons
Fair
Like this Path is explicitly 'Seer-mom I physically cannot calm down without using my mind to kill someone.'
'Go to this Warrior Shrine for a century, you'll feel better.'
That themeing is a bit wierd if using the discipline can just pop you
Maybe there's a different way to represent angey wizard
mmm, fair
Not me forgetting Hazardous is 3 mortals, not 1
Yeah this needs changing
So I am admittedly being a little weird
and copying the unit size and wounds of Shining Spears
Hazardous would still pop them, but they're 3-6 models, 2W, 3W on Exarch
But I was misremembering Hazardous as 1 Mortal, not 3
As infantry?
2W elves is sacrilege
Also as a disclaimer, shining spears are kinda ass
Jail
dabs
Sounds like an Exarch or an Aspect that's about to become one
The extra wound on spears is the bike lmao
Shroud runners are 3W because two elves on the same bike
Well how would I compensate for the unit being 3-6 models of wizards that can't staple themselves to guardians like a conclave can lol
4++ invuln
All aspect warriors are glass cannons
3+/4++ if you want to give them heavy aspect armor
Aspect warriors don't die by hiding more than anything else
They hide, they jump out, and they kill whatever they jumped, then probably take huge casualties to any return fire if there's anything left
The reason warlocks are a bit wonky is because they're expensive but only 2/4 unit size (they are 2W each) but have short range flamers but not much speed
The other short range (not melee) aspect is fire dragons which have assault on thier guns and are massively punchy into their desired targets because they reroll literally everything
I've received both your and another person's advice on this matter and will report back
Warlocks are solid in seer council where you can just teleport them 9" away from someone to blast them with psychic flamers
Their advice was 'fucking commit'
Lol
'this is the psychic melee aspect, fuck the witchblade profile, make their ranged psychic attack throwing their fucking sword'
'commit'
Real
Warlocks are all about the D6+2 s7 flamer
OK vaguely similar to banshee blades, fair
God should they even have shuriken pistols...
no they should
or...
nah, no shuriken pistols
They shoot swordbeams anyhow
also, entirely unrelated to this topic
I think I spotted a 40k reference in a Haken song????
'I touch the void and feel no pain'
'touch the void' is a phrase for 'use psyker abilities' a couple times and
well
feel no pain is feel no pain
How much ap on a witch blade?
It's a stretch but it tickles my brain
Big fat nada
Oh yeah talus you wanna get the lowdown on what the fuck I'm doing lol
Lol sure
I am making a psyker aspect warrior shrine
They are the aspect of khaine as an uplifted psychic weapon
Hmm so how do you plan on carving out the niche? What are they good at?
Are they flamer troops?
They emulate Khaine by empowering their bodies and weapons with their powers, and their ranged attacks are swordbeams
And their ability is meant to emulate his mastery of warfare by giving their melee weapons a different ability in a fight phase
They can pick between Dev Wounds, Precision, or Sustained 2
TBH I dont think there are any hybrid melee/ranged aspects outside of like random exarch weapon choices
I mean most AWs have shuriken pistols
and the swordbeam is undeniably not their good attack
Outside of pistols
This has kinda an autarch-y vibe to it
mmmm, fair
Aspect warriors are like specialist freaks
An autarch has just been a freak for many different things, hence their mastery of warfare
So going for a mini avatar of khaine unit, 5/10 man?
'mastery of warfare' was purple prose on my part tbh
It's a psychic ability where they're just powering up their fun wacky force swords in different ways
soooooorta?
Was thinking about how the avatar has big sword beam then scary sword
I mean yeah that is very much where their swordbeam has its origin
These are meant to sit somewhere between scorpions, banshees, and the... I forget what they're called, the ghost warriors with axes or dual sword?
wraithblades
wrathblades arent aspects, theyre a whole other deal
Oh I'm not talking about aspect, just mechanics
The scorpions are like, better armored chaff devourers with infiltrate, banshees are infantry lawnmowers (they have adv+charge right?), and wraithbois are slow, tough, and hit reasonably hard
So these guys don't have infil, are not speed killers, but they're faster than wraiths and I'm guessing punch harder than banshees against non infantry
Btw, are there compelling reasons to take the mirrors mirrorswords or triskele over the executioner?
mirrorswords are better into MEQ I think but executioner is amazing on the off chance you run into TEQ
Triskele falls into the category of "exarch weapon that's supposed to round out what the squad is good into" like the fire dragon flamer or dire avenger sword
However all of those are pretty bad for the most part
It makes the squad a bit better into 1W models but much worse into 2/3W
Sort of like DA power glaive and shield
Yup
Which btw i do still like to bring classic DA exarch with the pistol and diresword even though I know it's not exactly good
DA melee almost gets a pass since asurmen's melee can actually rip pretty okay if theyre in a squad with him, but its still generally the wrong choice
Because the diresword is kind of like... the whole point
Lore wise anyway
And the power glaive DOES look pretty sick
But it feels like if you bring a shield exarch, he's just supposed to die first for the squad
Which feels weird
I would only consider it with asurmen in the squad but its not a terrible idea
Wish the diresword still had dev wounds so you could pretend it'd do something
Aren't avengers meant to be quite good at swords too lore wise?
Asurmen's does
Its like an exarch weapon
"Other Exarch will instead choose to leave behind the ranged combat skills that defined their early days upon the Path of the Warrior and focus on their hand-to-hand combat techniques, choosing to wield a combination of either Shuriken Pistol and Diresword or Power Weapon and Shimmershield if the Exarch prefers to concentrate exclusively on his or her melee role. "
Huh OK
Eldarsmurfs
warp spiders are the best executed melee hybrid aspect
Lhykis with the melee exarch is wiiiiild
DA might be one of my favorite unit of the aspects, though it once was fire dragons. Not sure why i like em as much as I go
oh hey look the aspect warriors whose methods I pointed to in order to justfy the Empyreal Lions
XDDDD
But I always bring at least one DA unit
Asurmen + 5 DAs in a falcon can put out good damage
'But the aspect warriors are meant to not use their psychic potential for fear of attracting She-Who-Thirsts in a war fervor'
Lykis plus power blade array exarch is like a billion attacks just between the two of em
'Fucking explain the warp teleporting daredevel assassins then'
The teleporting is a jump pack, not a psychic ability
Warp spiders mamas didn't raise no quitters
It also hurls them directly into the Warp
Oh yeah its also the suicial aspect
"Despite this accolade, Warp Spiders are also regarded as strange and terrifying, the furthest removed from the normal Asuryani mindset of all the Warrior Aspects. Warp Spiders also tend to have a bleak outlook on life, and rarely mix with the warriors from the other Aspect Shrines. "
Anyways I know a psyker aspect shrine is stretching it but also pfdbbbbbt Khaine manifests through the Warp nowadays via his avatars anyways
honestly the most important part is finding them a mechanical niche that still feels "aspect warrior"-y
and also elfy
lol
warp-fueled physical prowess feels pretty Khaine-y and thus Aspect-y to me
specifically what I mean is like, extremely specialized
mmm, fair
how they do it is more flavor, but the role they would fill in an army where like, banshees are killing heavy infantry, but dont have like a sweep profile that makes them good into light infantry
scorpions are for light infantry
fire dragons are only vehicles and have to get right up close to do their job
warp spiders are teleporty flamer/high volume melee
stuff like that
mm mm
Basically every aspect warrior squad is a tool that you use to eliminate a specific threat
DA's being a funky exception as "guardians but better"
There are a lot of aspects already so it does make finding a mechanical niche hard
Well Banshees exist for heavy inf, scorps light
scorps are tanky, banshees are fast
stealth and 3+/5++
3+ armor means tanky
T3 3+/5++ with stealth or T3 4+/4++ (in melee) is as good as you get without being a wraith or on a bike
Both 1W lol
lol
Warlock conclaves are T3 6+/4++ 2W
Lykis makes their threat bubble so stupid big lol
Well, that threat bubble kinda justifies the price tag
As for dragons, well big killing power is big killing power
oh did banshees go up again
rip
banshees, spiders, and dragons are all amazing so fair
banshees also have a hilarious threat range with jain zar
I did a meme full phoenix lord list, my units all die so easy but the phoenix lords tended to carry hard even by themselves
anyways finding an actual mechanical niche
16" before a charge
banshees are for heavy infantry, striking scorpions are tarpits, warp spiders are consistent just
damage dump threats
Fuck
I think something like a contact mortals version of votann zerks might be cool,
An "on the charge killer" vibe
sorry chthonic bezerks do what?
Oh they don't
I meant like the plasma axes have two modes
And then you can do contact mortals or some kind of steroid on the charge
IMO I wouldnt do strike/sweep profiles for an aspect warrior, kinda defeats the whole point of being specialized
Could also do a fight-on- death unit maybe
Scorpions do get 5+ crits on charge
A threat block that bites when something tries to run it over
And aspect host detachment doooooooooooes have a fight on death strat not that the unit couldnt (wraithblades do)
Hmm hmm
Mortals on charge would be unique for the faction i think
banshees already have fights first
would that change how you'd use them tho
an on charge would make you use em like scorps
you'd just
charge them into shit
There isnt an anti-tank melee aspect yet...
Friend who inspired me to do this is making one and I don't wanna step on their toes 😔
Wacky idea
Objective defense melee
'fuck you come over here and dislodge us'
That seems incredibly hard to do on elf profiles
hhhhnnnngggghhh I fuckin hate Eldar
Without like making them tankier than wraiths
(jokes, this is jokes)
I think a fights on death is a good idea tbh
These are the Aspect Warriors that are Seers Literally Too Angry To Calm Down Without Fucking Killing Someone
I will be very real I don’t think the craftworlds hang on to those
It is 10:30 and I am exaggerating to be funny
take... 3?
The fnp does give it like a "psychic healing" sorta vibe (yvraine used to give this precodex) though I couldnt see myself ever actually using this unit
Is this different from an Exarch?
It should probably have a exarch weapon option tho
The masking thing with aspect warriors is funny to me
It will, I'm just trying to get the base solid
Also I beg
It was a joke
It was a joooooooooke it is 11 pm
<XD
If you dont unmask you end up a murder monster that wont stop in the eyes of the other craftworlders
I think of that personality B with group A meme
These are kinda banshee coded but a little tougher in a long fight and much worse into TEQ/gravis but maybe better into MEQ?
So not distinct enough XD
You get an extra attack and lethal hits, but only wound on 4s and can roll a 1 on the damage and be very sad
Making distinct T3 melee units will be tough in general lol
hhhhh, true
But yeah these are kinda just worse banshees outside of edge cases where your banshee squad doesnt wipe whatever it rockets directly into at mach fuck
lmao
Should I lean into the chunky 'psychic abilities are healing them and causing them to be Angery' vibe?
A banshee squad does 3 things
- Kill 10000000 MEQ/Gravis/TEQ per second in combat
- Scare everyone from ever charging anywhere near them for fear of heroic intervention
- Die to basically any ranged shooting the second they arent locked in combat
Scorpions do:
- What do you mean you have infiltrate AND scout?
- Surprise people at how tough stealth and a 3+ save can make a 1W unit
- Fail a charge roll that would have ended in you mulching 20 guardsmen but instead you die
Thematically thats cool but I really dont know how to make a tanky aspect warrior that feels like an aspect warrior squad still
Since like their whole gimmick is mostly being glass cannons
fnp in aeldari is usually like some ynnari bullshit
lmao
what if liiiiike
you leaned into normal aeldari psyker bullshit of seer things and gave them some wonky rule like "oh yeah my friends can shoot into combat with me because i can dodge their bullets"
wording exists for this effect in the Worthless Chattel strat for chaos knights
Ignore the second sentence for these purposes.
idk if this would make them like good, but it would be unique
"Enemy units within Engagement Range of only this unit are not considered to be within Engagement Range for the purposes of selecting targets of ranged weapons."
It makes them a tarpit
That you really don't want to stick to you
Cuz even if it's stuck to a valuable target for 1 round
That's a target that for 1 round gets to get shot at and have a sword shoved up its ass
Add a "during your shooting phase" or enemies can also shoot into that combat
Ah
I feel like I should switch the lethal hits on their weapons for something else
there isnt much melee precision in aeldari
which would be kinda scary for a good tarpit scalpel thing
if it was like precision and dev, then you could use aspect tokens to force dev wounds
but would that be too much
otherwise you have like the solitaire or jain zar (or others) using epic challenge (but jain zar also gets rr wounds into character units)
depends on the weapon stats
you could make just the exarch weapon fancy like that
give the unit precision, give the Exarch Precision Dev?
the current stats are as follows
IMO do dev on the basic weapon and precision on exarch otherwise the unit basically kills any character it touches
fairs
esp. at a 2+ WS (no other aspect except banshees get 2+ WS or BS)
anyways sleep time for me but we're on to something here
lol ye
I know you are do a sleep but I actually really like what we're getting towards
a suicidal tarpit unit emulating Khaine's willingness to bring the might of the Warp to bear in his body, and stand in the line of fire so the enemy might just fucking die
Purdy!
Those rock
I'm moving away soon so I'm selling them off! I dont have space to put them in my new place
its just a bit shy of 3k points
Discuss
Need to do one of these for Age of Sigmar
Put forward it's a long way to Tipperary for guard
@rocky shale here is the Current State™
With the exarch weapon we discussed I could see these at like 85 for 5 where I'd consider running these I think
They have like better melee than a scorpion into anything 2W and are more durable in melee,but don't have the stealth or deployment shenanigans to be a utility piece. I'd probably bring like 1 squad fairly often.
They're purely like "I am going to kill your space marine captain"
pretty much
oh also their ability got changed to -1 to melee hit rolls against them
Fair lol
Less janky
I would run some math of common melee profiles into them to make sure that 3+/4++/5+++ with -1 to hit isn't just immortal
OK so 5 assault intercessors kill 2.6 on average
For 10less points, not bad
lol
They kill 4.4 intercessors though
5.19 if you're in aspect host and reroll 1s to wound
okay so the lions are in an okay? place sorta
Banshees kill 3.7 outside of aspect host
Ignoring the exarch weapon
Scorpions do 1.8 without charging 2.25 on a charge
OK so the 4A might be a little much
XD
Going to 3A would be more in line at 3.3 kills avg
slightly less killy in exchange for being more tanky
Yeah and leave them at 95pts
Yeah especially to ranged
4+/5++against ranged 4+/4++ melee
Banshees are just much faster and have fights first
Banshees are also much better into T5 than these guys are
(these guys do also have better shooting)
meanwhile these guys are 4+/5++/5+++ ranged and 4+/4++/5+++ -1 to Hit in melee
I have considered making their shooting 6"
Yeah they are quite tough in melee (for an elf)
Which was the point! Success!
And still have good damage output into T4
exarch weapon attempt 1
Wasn't it going to be a precision option?
Honestly thanks for the reminder cuz I wasn't feeling this
personally id want the sword beam to be like a 1 shot big shot compared to the many attacks in melee
idea being not a ranged unit, but having a ranged threat that is not insubstantial
like a str8 attack or something
eeeehhh, they're already kind of big in sticking to something I feel like a ranged attack like that would make them too versatile
Challenger is a bit too strong imo
It's more of an upgrade than the executioner is from the banshee blade by a fair bit
As in both are +1 A, +2S, +1AP, +1D but the challenger also buffs the ranged attack and gains precision
mmm, true
The 2S is also much better for these guys than it is for something that already has anti infantry 3+
maybe bump it down to just 1 higher S and Ap
I think the fangsabers is well executed tho
Same attack, skill, and damage as the empyreal blades?
Precision, S5 and AP2 probably works yeah
Or go AP1 D3 to make it better at character sniping?
Since you only need 1 AP to be on a captains invuln
Banshee profiles for reference
Triskele also upgrades the ranged profile
It's meh for MEQ profiles but specifically better into 3+/4++ 5-6W characters
I. E. The stats for a ton of characters
fair point...
And it's your precision weapon
"So, brothers. I just woke up from stasis and everybody's acting really weird. The frst Tech Priest I run into takes one look at me, screams, and then deactivates. Does anybody know what's going on?"
"Honored Elder...Perhaps we, uh, should discuss in private about your heraldry."
"Why? Is there an issue?"
"Yes..."
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"KILL THE HERETEK!"
"Cease your zealotry, Priest! That is an honored ancient of the Great Crusade!"
We got a couple high schoolers who are all just starting to get into the game and I’m torn
I wanna help as much as I can cuz my intro to the game & hobby was Hot Ass
But my only fieldable army is Genestealers
Resolving to play outlander claw and deploy fully on the table to take it easy lmfao
Run around in circles and let them blow me up
Fortunate son plays
Every one of my list names links to a different CCR song
What CCR song are the Guard?
Been a bit since I did a chaos banner.
Here's the thing, would they know?
Would they? Maybe. Maybe not.
The Eye of Horus is still a major chaos symbol in general and a black legion symbol in specific
Yeah
Noice
Felt the top needed a bit something so I sculpted some fur.
Gotta wait for it to dry so that's a tomorrow morning thing.
He's head over heels for Fulgrim.
go fuck yourself
So many nsfw head jokes you can make
The real question...Who is the top.
You all may smack for this, but it is a legit question.
Ferrus, but fulgrim is the worst kind of demanding bottom
LMAO
ferrus is def the top, fulgrim is a power bottom
goofy ass list
I had to read the player name to be convinced this wasn't Paul of the Screaming Ravens
he's in the video comments
L M A O